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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Hugo Lowell in Washington

Prosecutors seek to question Trump lawyer before grand jury in classified papers case

Trump speaks at CPAC-DC, an annual gathering of conservative donors and political activists on 4 March 2020.
Donald Trump speaks at CPAC-DC, an annual gathering of conservative donors and political activists on 4 March 2020. Photograph: Dominic Gwinn/Zuma Press Wire/Rex/Shutterstock

Federal prosecutors involved in the criminal investigation of Donald Trump’s retention of classified documents argued to a US judge on Thursday that one of the former US president’s lawyers should answer more questions before a grand jury over objections of attorney-client privilege.

US prosecutors have been seeking to invoke the so-called crime-fraud exception that allows them to compel testimony about communications between an attorney and a client when they have evidence to suggest legal advice was used in furtherance of a crime.

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